"Michel Mercier (hairdresser) Michel Mercier (; born July 28, 1961) is a French-Israeli hairdresser, entrepreneur and businessman. Mercier was born in Châteaudun, France. He grew up in Bordeaux and Provence and immigrated to Israel in 1985. In high school he studied graphics and drafting. In 1981 he returned to France from Israel to study hairdressing at the Vidal Sassoon academy in Paris and later began working at French hair salon Claude Maxime. At age 23, Mercier opened his first hair salon on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv. Over the years, Mercier founded four more branches. Two of the branches are"
"Vidal Sassoon Vidal Sassoon (17 January 1928 – 9 May 2012) was a British-American hairstylist, businessman, and philanthropist. He was noted for repopularising a simple, close-cut geometric hair style called the Bob cut, worn by famous fashion designers like Mary Quant and film stars such as Mia Farrow, Goldie Hawn, Cameron Diaz, Nastassja Kinski and Helen Mirren. His early life was one of extreme poverty, with seven years of his childhood spent in an orphanage. He quit school at age 14, soon holding various jobs in London during World War II. Although he hoped to become a professional football player,"
"hair but actually turning it into a business. He was one of the first who had a product line bought out by a major corporation"". Vidal Sassoon Vidal Sassoon (17 January 1928 – 9 May 2012) was a British-American hairstylist, businessman, and philanthropist. He was noted for repopularising a simple, close-cut geometric hair style called the Bob cut, worn by famous fashion designers like Mary Quant and film stars such as Mia Farrow, Goldie Hawn, Cameron Diaz, Nastassja Kinski and Helen Mirren. His early life was one of extreme poverty, with seven years of his childhood spent in an orphanage."
"and low-maintenance. The hairstyles created by Sassoon relied on dark, straight, and shiny hair cut into geometric yet organic shapes. In 1964, Sassoon created a short, angular hairstyle cut on a horizontal plane that was the recreation of the classic ""bob cut."" His geometric haircuts seemed to be severely cut, but were entirely lacquer-free, relying on the natural shine of the hair for effect. Advertising and cosmetics executive Natalie Donay is credited with discovering Sassoon in London and bringing him to the United States, where in 1965 he opened his first New York City salon, on Madison Avenue. In 1966,"
"Eponymous hairstyle An eponymous hairstyle is a particular hairstyle that has become fashionable during a certain period of time through its association with a prominent individual. In the early 20th century, the ""Louise Brooks bob"" (Paramount studios' description of the defining ""bob cut"" of the ""flapper"" era) was iconic to the extent of being reproduced by Cyd Charisse in the film ""Singin' in the Rain"" (1952), by Melanie Griffith in ""Something Wild"" (1986), and by Rose McGowan in ""The Doom Generation"" (1995). Although photographs show that Brooks had in fact worn what became known as a bob from childhood, the"
"on eBay, earning more than $40,000 for an animal charity. Eponymous hairstyle An eponymous hairstyle is a particular hairstyle that has become fashionable during a certain period of time through its association with a prominent individual. In the early 20th century, the ""Louise Brooks bob"" (Paramount studios' description of the defining ""bob cut"" of the ""flapper"" era) was iconic to the extent of being reproduced by Cyd Charisse in the film ""Singin' in the Rain"" (1952), by Melanie Griffith in ""Something Wild"" (1986), and by Rose McGowan in ""The Doom Generation"" (1995). Although photographs show that Brooks had in fact"
"to the back of the venue where some kid had set his jacket, drape it over his arm, and walk out."" Beatle Bob Beatle Bob (born Robert E. Matonis, 12 January 1953) is a well-known figure in the St. Louis, Missouri music scene. He is known for his arrhythmic dance moves, Beatles-inspired ""mop top"" hairstyle and tailored 1960s-style suits. He is often seen doing his characteristic dancing at a wide range of concerts including Ani DiFranco, Less Than Jake and Chuck Berry, both in the crowd and onstage with the performers. His constant presence and dancing is welcomed by some"
"Carrie White (hairdresser) Carrie White is an American hairdresser, author, and spokesperson. She is known as the ""First Lady of Hairdressing,"" who has styled Jennifer Jones, Betsy Bloomingdale, Elizabeth Taylor, Goldie Hawn, Camille Cosby, Ann-Margret, Elvis Presley, Sharon Tate, Brad Pitt, and Sandra Bullock, among others. She collaborated with Richard Avedon on shoots for ""Vogue"", and her work has appeared in ""Harper's Bazaar"", ""InStyle"", ""Allure"", ""Vanity Fair"", ""Ladies' Home Journal"", ""Mademoiselle"", and ""Glamour"". She is credited as technical advisor on Shampoo and, in 2011, she published her internationally bestselling autobiography, ""Upper Cut: Highlights of My Hollywood Life"". Carrie White was"
"star Truus van Aalten. As the 1930s approached, women started to grow their hair longer, and the sharp lines of the bob were abandoned. In the mid 1960s, Vidal Sassoon made it popular again, using the shape of the early bob and making it more stylish in a simpler cut. Its resurgence coincided with the arrival of the ""mop top"" Beatle cut for men. Those associated with the bob at that time included the fashion designers Mary Quant and Jean Muir, actresses Nancy Kwan, Carolyn Jones, Barbara Feldon and Amanda Barrie, and singers as diverse as Keely Smith, Cilla Black,"
"Andre Walker Andre Walker (born August 19, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois) is a hairstylist from the United States who has won seven Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for his work on ""The Oprah Winfrey Show"". He is best known for being the personal hairstylist of Oprah Winfrey and for creating Halle Berry's signature short pixie haircut. Other celebrity clients of Walker's have included Barbara Bush and Michelle Obama. In the 1990s he created the Andre Walker Hair Typing System to market Walker's line of hair care products but has since been widely adopted as a hair type"
"Beatle Bob Beatle Bob (born Robert E. Matonis, 12 January 1953) is a well-known figure in the St. Louis, Missouri music scene. He is known for his arrhythmic dance moves, Beatles-inspired ""mop top"" hairstyle and tailored 1960s-style suits. He is often seen doing his characteristic dancing at a wide range of concerts including Ani DiFranco, Less Than Jake and Chuck Berry, both in the crowd and onstage with the performers. His constant presence and dancing is welcomed by some concertgoers and an aggravation to others. He has allegedly been to at least one live show every night since Christmas Eve"
"Mr. Kenneth Kenneth Battelle (April 19, 1927 – May 12, 2013), more usually known as Mr. Kenneth, was a leading New York hairdresser from the 1950s until his death. Sometimes described as the world's first celebrity hairdresser, Kenneth achieved international fame for creating Jacqueline Kennedy's bouffant in 1961. He counted Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, and many of America's most high-profile socialites such as Brooke Astor and Happy Rockefeller among his clients. In 1961 he became the first, and only, hairdresser to win a Coty Award. Kenneth Everette Battelle was born in Syracuse, New York, the eldest son with four younger"
"of short, dark hair"", a cut she adopted in the early 1890s—the style was not considered generally respectable until given impetus by the inconvenience of long hair to girls engaged in war work. English society beauty Lady Diana Cooper, who had had bobbed hair as a child, kept the style through her teenage years and continued in 1914 as an adult. Renowned dancer and fashion trendsetter Irene Castle introduced her ""Castle bob"" to a receptive American audience in 1915, and by 1920 the style was rapidly becoming fashionable. Popularized by film star Mary Thurman in the early 1920s and by"
"wadding was rough against the skin and crumbled into balls when exposed to moisture. In 1946, Marion Donovan used a shower curtain from her bathroom to create the ""Boater"", a plastic cover to be donned outside a diaper. First sold in 1949 at Saks Fifth Avenue's flagship store in New York City, patents were later issued in 1951 to Donovan, who later sold the rights to the waterproof diaper for $1 million. Donovan also designed a paper disposable diaper, but was unsuccessful in marketing it. In 1947, Scottish housewife Valerie Hunter Gordon started developing and making Paddi, a 2-part system"
"Jeff Wulkan Jeff Wulkan, (born Jeffrey Michael Wulkan, June 11, 1983, Red Bank, New Jersey), is an American entrepreneur and reality TV star, notable for being the founder and CEO of Bikini Barbers, a hair salon that is known for being 'The Hooters of Hair'. He is most famous for being the eccentric star of the AXS TV show Bikini Barbershop, which first aired February 19, 2012. It is a reality TV show set in his salon, Bikini Barbers, and revolves around the, often dysfunctional, day-to-day life of Jeff and the girls he employs. Wulkan grew up in Oceanport, New"
"Trevor Sorbie Trevor John Sorbie MBE (born 13 March 1949 in Paisley, Scotland), is a British celebrity hairdresser. Born in Scotland, his parents moved south when he was aged 11. Leaving school aged 15, Sorbie started cutting hair as an apprentice to his father in Ilford in 1964. He opened his own barbers in Edmonton, North London aged 20 in 1969. He became stylist for Vidal Sassoon in 1972, and Artistic Director in 1973. Following this he spent time as a stylist and session hairdresser at Toni & Guy and John Frieda, before opening his first salonin Stamford StreetLondon S.E.1"
"interrupted by a diagnosis of tuberculosis, which required his return to Canada. He recovered and returned to New York to continue his profession as hairdresser. It was during this period that Guilaroff is said to have created silent screen star Louise Brooks' signature bob. He also devised the hair looks for actresses Corinne Griffith and Miriam Hopkins. He ultimately found a position at one of the city’s most exclusive salons, ""Antoine’s"" where he was known as “Mr. Sydney.” The guiding force in Guilaroff’s rise to prominence as hairdresser to the stars was effectuated by actress Joan Crawford. Crawford brought Guilaroff"
"a bob haircut with very unusual colors that was asymmetrical with bangs. Also, for the first two seasons and the first two episodes of the third season of """", the character of Lois Lane (Teri Hatcher) had a trademark bob haircut. Also, in Barry Sonnenfeld's 1997 film ""Men in Black"", the character of Dr. Laurel Weaver (Linda Fiorentino) also sported a bob. In 2006 the bob was adopted by the singer Madonna and, as a move away from boho-chic, by actress Sienna Miller. In November 2005, Canadian ice dancer Kristina Lenko was asked to join ITV1's new series, ""Dancing on"
"the evidence in Walker vs. Viacom. Troy Walker Troy Walker (born January 25, 1967) is an American cartoonist, toy inventor, producer and founder of TWP Cartoon Studios. Walker created the children's novelty fad Hairy Pops finger puppets, used as a promotional tool in the late 1990s by the Supercuts chain of hair salons. The comic strip ""Bob Spongee, the Unemployed Sponge"" featured, as the main character, a creature with sponges for eyes, legs, and arms. During the early 1990s, Walker packaged a homemade Bob Spongee doll with comic strips and sold them throughout Northern California. A decade later, this character"
"his home in Wappingers Falls, New York. He was 86. Mr. Kenneth Kenneth Battelle (April 19, 1927 – May 12, 2013), more usually known as Mr. Kenneth, was a leading New York hairdresser from the 1950s until his death. Sometimes described as the world's first celebrity hairdresser, Kenneth achieved international fame for creating Jacqueline Kennedy's bouffant in 1961. He counted Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, and many of America's most high-profile socialites such as Brooke Astor and Happy Rockefeller among his clients. In 1961 he became the first, and only, hairdresser to win a Coty Award. Kenneth Everette Battelle was born"
"as ""the best year of my life,"" and recalled how he felt: Sassoon trained under Raymond Bessone, in his salon in Mayfair. Sassoon opened his first salon in 1954 in London; singer-actress Georgia Brown, his friend and neighbour, claimed to be his first customer. Sassoon stated his intentions in designing new, more efficient, hair styles: ""If I was going to be in hairdressing, I wanted to change things. I wanted to eliminate the superfluous and get down to the basic angles of cut and shape."" Sassoon's works include the geometric perm and the ""Nancy Kwan"" hairstyles. They were all modern"
"Rose Evansky Rose Evansky, née Rose Lerner (30 May 1922 – 21 November 2016) was a British hairdresser notable for introducing the ""blow dry"" or ""blow wave"" technique of hairstyling. Evansky was born in Worms, Germany on 30 May 1922, to a Jewish family who were immigrants from Poland. Her father was sent to Dachau concentration camp in 1938, and Rose was one of the last children to be sent to Britain from Germany on the ""Kindertransport"" trains. In 1962, from her salon window, Evansky noticed a barber using a powerful new hand-held dryer—together with a hairbrush—to smooth a man's"
"boutiques. Around this time, she launched the London-based hairstylist Vidal Sassoon in Paris by asking him to do the hair for a fashion show in the early 1960s. The models, who wore snugly fitting James Wedge hats, pulled off the hats at the end of the show to demonstrate how Sassoon's signature architectural cuts simply fell back into place, which astonished the French press and established Sassoon as a challenge to world-renowned French hairdressing. She also gave a publicity boost to the Italian fashion house Missoni in 1965, when she and Ottavio Missoni collaborated on a knitwear collection. In addition"
"together with the larger beehive and shorter bubble cut, this became one of the most popular women's hairstyles of the 1950s. Grace Kelly favored a mid-length bob style, also influential. There were exceptions, however, and some women, such as Bettie Page, favored long, straight dark locks and a fringe; such women were known as ""Beat girls"". In the mid-1950s, a high ponytail became popular with teenage girls, often tied with a scarf. The ponytail was seen on the first Barbie dolls, in 1959; a few years later Barbies with beehives appeared. The “artichoke cut”, which was invented by Jacques Dessange,"
"Leonard of Mayfair Leonard Lewis (15 June 193830 November 2016), known professionally as Leonard of Mayfair, was a British hairdresser, credited with creating the haircut that launched the career of prominent 1960s model Twiggy as well as establishing the careers of other successful British hairdressers, including John Frieda, Daniel Galvin, Nicky Clarke, Keith Wainwright and Michael Gordon. His hair styles were at their most fashionable during the ""Vogue"" sittings of the late 1960s and early 1970s, for which he would ""illustrate the exuberant moment when hair was somehow a totem of youth and freedom in itself"". He worked with many"
"said Angus Mitchell, who studied under Sassoon. ""He discovered that the world was round with his cutting system. It was the first language that people could follow."" Neil Cornelius, the incumbent owner of Sassoon's first solo venture, called him a ""hairdressing legend."" Grace Coddington, Sassoon's former model and creative director of American ""Vogue"", said that he changed the way the public looked at hair: John Barrett of the John Barrett Salon at Bergdorf Goodman said that Sassoon ""was the creator of sensual hair. This was somebody who changed our industry entirely, not just from the point of view of cutting"
"""Leonard of Mayfair"" by Leonard Lewis, written with Andrew Crofts, was published by Hutchison in 2000. Leonard of Mayfair Leonard Lewis (15 June 193830 November 2016), known professionally as Leonard of Mayfair, was a British hairdresser, credited with creating the haircut that launched the career of prominent 1960s model Twiggy as well as establishing the careers of other successful British hairdressers, including John Frieda, Daniel Galvin, Nicky Clarke, Keith Wainwright and Michael Gordon. His hair styles were at their most fashionable during the ""Vogue"" sittings of the late 1960s and early 1970s, for which he would ""illustrate the exuberant moment"
"to black women. Joyner was highly visible in the Chicago black community, as head of the ""Chicago Defender"" Charity network, and fundraiser for various schools. In 1987 the Smithsonian Institution in Washington opened an exhibit featuring Joyner's permanent wave machine and a replica of her original salon. The leading beauty salon for black women in Washington was operated by the sisters Elizabeth Cardozo Parker (1900–1981) and Margaret Cardozo Holmes (1898–1991) from 1929 to 1971. The Cardozo Sisters Hair Stylists expanded to five storefronts stretching an entire city block near the campus of Howard University, with 25 employees assisting up to"
"Max Factor Sr. Maksymilian Faktorowicz (15 September 1877 – 30 August 1938), also known as Max Factor Sr., was a Polish businessman, beautician, entrepreneur and inventor. As a founder of the cosmetics giant Max Factor & Company he largely developed the modern cosmetics industry in the United States and popularised the term ""make-up"" in noun form based on the verb. He is also known for doing makeovers for starlets and giving them their signature looks; his most iconic works include Jean Harlow's platinum hair, Clara Bow's bob, Lucille Ball's false lashes and red curls, and Joan Crawford's ""Hunter's Bow"", or"
"his salons customising wigs. The charity also works with people suffering from alopecia, and anyone else suffering from medical hair loss. Twice divorced, he has one daughter. Trevor Sorbie Trevor John Sorbie MBE (born 13 March 1949 in Paisley, Scotland), is a British celebrity hairdresser. Born in Scotland, his parents moved south when he was aged 11. Leaving school aged 15, Sorbie started cutting hair as an apprentice to his father in Ilford in 1964. He opened his own barbers in Edmonton, North London aged 20 in 1969. He became stylist for Vidal Sassoon in 1972, and Artistic Director in"
"Troy Walker Troy Walker (born January 25, 1967) is an American cartoonist, toy inventor, producer and founder of TWP Cartoon Studios. Walker created the children's novelty fad Hairy Pops finger puppets, used as a promotional tool in the late 1990s by the Supercuts chain of hair salons. The comic strip ""Bob Spongee, the Unemployed Sponge"" featured, as the main character, a creature with sponges for eyes, legs, and arms. During the early 1990s, Walker packaged a homemade Bob Spongee doll with comic strips and sold them throughout Northern California. A decade later, this character would be the focus of a"
"and more tightly attached to the hair that it is pinned to. Bobby pins may also be padded in order to avoid creasing the hair. The bobby pin was invented by Luis Marcus, a San Francisco–based cosmetics manufacturer, after World War I and came into wide use as the hairstyle known as the ""bob cut"" or ""bobbed hair"" took hold. He originally sold two handmade bobby pins for 35 cents. Although Marcus thought about naming the pin after himself, he named them bobby after the bobbed hairstyle. A trademark on the term ""bobbie pin"" was held for some decades by"
"inspired by 1920's film star Clara Bow's close cropped hair, he created designs for Emanuel Ungaro. Director Roman Polanski brought him to Hollywood from London in 1968, at a cost of $5,000, to create a unique pixie cut for Mia Farrow, who was to star in ""Rosemary's Baby."" In the early 1970s Sassoon made Los Angeles his home. In 1971 he promoted his 30-year-old second-in-command, artistic director Roger Thompson, to director of the Sassoon salon, explaining jocularly that, ""Twenty-five years of schlepping behind a barber chair are enough!"" John Paul DeJoria a friend of Sassoon co-founded Paul Mitchell Systems with"